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7-Day Breath Hold Challenge
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3d •
Post Your Breath Hold (Week 34: August 17th - August 24th 2026)
Post all your Breath Hold Times here! Let's go & double your breath hold! 🧑🏫 Step 1: Take an inhale, start your stopwatch & hold your breath. Step 2: Post your time here so you can get feedback and points Step 3: Head on over to the Classroom & follow the instructions
2 likes • 20h
@Phillip de Bruyn interesting indicator for doing another training or having a rest/recovery day, Phillip.
3 likes • 20h
Today, I started with five minutes of Ujjayi breathing as a preparation for an O2 table: Breathing / Dive 1:00 / 1:00 (easy) 1:00 / 1:12 (easy) 1:00 / 1:24 (easy) 1:00 / 1:36 (first contractions around 1 minute) 1:00 / 1:48 (little harder) 1:00 / 2:00 (tough round, I could hardly calm my mind from 56 seconds on) Two minutes observing the breath afterwards.
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Post Your Breath Hold (Week 33: August 10th - August 17th 2026)
Post all your Breath Hold Times here! Let's go & double your breath hold! 🧑🏫 Step 1: Take an inhale, start your stopwatch & hold your breath. Step 2: Post your time here so you can get feedback and points Step 3: Head on over to the Classroom & follow the instructions A warm welcome to all new members that joined us this week: @Scott Devonshire @Nestore Scarpone @Bent Ankjaer Sorensen @Thomas Buch-Andersen @Zhu Dao @G Holmberg @Tighe Williams @Holger Wahls @Asger Hviid @Gabrielle Higgins @F J And lastly, a shout out to: @Sven Köpke: Hitting a 3:01 breath hold after doing structured recovery and warmup breathing between dives. @Edward Brittain: For reaching the all-time Top 10 in the leaderboard. Legend! @Holger Wahls: Setting the goals high with a 2:25 breath hold on Day 1
2 likes • 4d
@Edward Brittain interesting training session on breath holds, Edward!
1 like • 4d
@Tine Hedegaard amazing start in this challenge, Tine! Good for you being familiar with nose breathing and diaphragm breathing. 👍 Enjoy your ride!
18d •
Post Your Breath Hold (Week 32: August 3rd - August 10th 2026)
Post all your Breath Hold Times here! Let's go & double your breath hold! 🧑🏫 Step 1: Take an inhale, start your stopwatch & hold your breath. Step 2: Post your time here so you can get feedback and points Step 3: Head on over to the Classroom & follow the instructions A warm welcome to all new members that joined us this week: @Tyler Bray @Niels Clausen @Rikke Munck Petersen @Patrick Wyss @Christian Vestergaard @Patricia Taylor @Ranjit Pradhani @Søren Standy Hansen @Dianne Havelka @Khan Saqib @Colin Bray @Sara Syms @Luigi Lai @Riddhima Goel @Janos Toth @Ryan Barclay And lastly, a shout out to: @Janos Toth For shattering his personal goal of 2;30 and setting a new record of 3:30. @Rahul Yadav Return from a few weeks hiatus for a very strong 4-minute hold @Lukas Osswald Great first week going from 1:35 to 2:52 in 4 days @Colin Bray Similar great progress in the first week, going from 44 seconds to 2 minutes 11 seconds in 3 days.
2 likes • 12d
I haven’t done any breath-holding exercises for two days. Instead, I completed both my cycle ride and today’s morning running session using the 2:3 breathing technique. I breathed in for two double steps or pedal strokes and breathed out for three double steps or pedal strokes. Both sessions lasted 45 minutes, and I was able to maintain this breathing technique for around 80 per cent of the time. When it got more strenuous, I switched to a 1:1 ratio and exhaled through pursed lips.
3 likes • 12d
I did today’s breathing exercise after my afternoon nap. I followed @Edward Brittain’s advice and, after each dive, took five recovery breaths before starting the warm-up breaths again. 1:23 - inhale dive 1 1:15 - five slow passive recovery breaths 2:33 - ten active warm-up breaths 2:15 - inhale dive 2 1:21 - five slow passive recovery breaths 2:57 - ten active warm-up breaths 3:01 - inhale dive 3 1:22 - five slow passive recovery breaths Observing my breath for 2-3 minutes afterwards. That felt very grounding and relaxing.
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Post Your Breath Hold (Week 31: July 27th - August 3th 2026)
Post all your Breath Hold Times here! Let's go & double your breath hold! 🧑🏫 Step 1: Take an inhale, start your stopwatch & hold your breath. Step 2: Post your time here so you can get feedback and points Step 3: Head on over to the Classroom & follow the instructions A warm welcome to all new members this week: @Lukas Osswald @Sharon Lewis @Pablo Pablo Santos And lastly, a shout out to: @Phillip de Bruyn for a completing a 120-step apnea walk @Pier Luke for doing a 1:10 full exhale hold @Edward Brittain for sharing the didgeridoo circular breathing trick
1 like • 18d
@Phillip de Bruyn I hope so, Phillip. I missed it a lot and especially in the past busy times, it probably could have been the support I needed. But great to be back. 😃
2 likes • 18d
@Phillip de Bruyn thanks for this advice, Phillip. I'm used to add some breathing exercises during my running or bike rides, but haven't thought about doing a dive after workouts. I will give it a try more often.
Jun 8 •
Post Your Breath Hold (Week 24: June 8th - June 15th 2026)
Do you know what it is? … … If you guessed breath holding, you got it right! Breath holding (intermittent hypoxia training) holds tremendous benefits! Science is slowly catching up to the untapped potential of breath holding. Freedivers, like Stig, have been invaluable guinea pigs in demonstrating that the human body is far more capable than imagined, and the results of longer & long term holds. This opened the doorway to interest in studying the benefits of hypoxia & hypercapnia tolerance (resistance to low oxygen and high carbon dioxide levels). The first results have been promising, with studies in mice showing a protective potential in old age, one of the key indicators of a long and healthy life (see first comment for link to study). So… The question is… How long can you hold your breath?
3 likes • Jun 11
@Pier Luke Great CO2 session, Pier!
2 likes • Jun 11
@Edward Brittain lovely walking exercise and good to see you’re doing better, Edward!
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